Aspects of Balzac
Aspects of Balzac
The book Aspects of Balzac was written by author Here you can read free online of Aspects of Balzac book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Aspects of Balzac a good or bad book?
Where can I read Aspects of Balzac for free?
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read Aspects of Balzac Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book Aspects of Balzac
In our eReader you can find the full English version of the book. Read Aspects of Balzac Online - link to read the book on full screen. Our eReader also allows you to upload and read Pdf, Txt, ePub and fb2 books. In the Mini eReder on the page below you can quickly view all pages of the book - Read Book Aspects of Balzac
What reading level is Aspects of Balzac book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Bixiou thinks comfort is " the only good thing they have in England." We can accept the pretty blondes and the " confort Anglais " as facts ; but is it possible that, three-quarters of a century ago, " the lowest classes " in this country were remarkable for their cleanliness ? Perhaps they were, cleanli- ness, like most other qualities, being relative, and Balzac having had many ASPECTS OF BALZAC opportunities of observing the lower strata of Parisian life during his years of im- pecuniosity. ...Washing is more general on both sides of the Channel than in Balzac's days. His worldly old Chevalier de Valois, in "La Vieille. Fille," was remark- able in Alengon society for the cleanness of his linen, due to the fact that he lodged over a laundry, and was a great favourite with the blanchisseuses.
Balzac credits our manners also with such a powerful influence on the French professional classes of his own time that he describes Baron Hulot's son, who is a barrister, as one of those " walking coffins containing what was once a Frenchman ; the Frenchman stirs at times, and knocks against his English case, but ambition restrains him, and he consents to be stifled therein." We may hold it also for a compliment, even if we take second rank, when Balzac asserts that " long before English customs had made a woman's bedroom sacred, that of a Flemish woman was impenetrable," 102 ASPECTS OF BALZAC Some of the most Complimentary remarks about England are placed in the mouth of Gdrard, the highly intelligent engineer who comes from Paris to superintend Madame Graslin's expiatory plans for the improve- ment of her property.
What to read after Aspects of Balzac?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by W H William Henry Helm to read onlineMoreLess
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Bixiou thinks comfort is " the only good thing they have in England." We can accept the pretty blondes and the " confort Anglais " as facts ; but is it possible that, three-quarters of a century ago, " the lowest classes " in this country were remarkable for their cleanliness ? Perhaps they were, cleanli- ness, like most other qualities, being relative, and Balzac having had many ASPECTS OF BALZAC opportunities of observing the lower strata of Parisian life during his years of im- pecuniosity. ...Washing is more general on both sides of the Channel than in Balzac's days. His worldly old Chevalier de Valois, in "La Vieille. Fille," was remark- able in Alengon society for the cleanness of his linen, due to the fact that he lodged over a laundry, and was a great favourite with the blanchisseuses.
Balzac credits our manners also with such a powerful influence on the French professional classes of his own time that he describes Baron Hulot's son, who is a barrister, as one of those " walking coffins containing what was once a Frenchman ; the Frenchman stirs at times, and knocks against his English case, but ambition restrains him, and he consents to be stifled therein." We may hold it also for a compliment, even if we take second rank, when Balzac asserts that " long before English customs had made a woman's bedroom sacred, that of a Flemish woman was impenetrable," 102 ASPECTS OF BALZAC Some of the most Complimentary remarks about England are placed in the mouth of Gdrard, the highly intelligent engineer who comes from Paris to superintend Madame Graslin's expiatory plans for the improve- ment of her property.
What to read after Aspects of Balzac?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by W H William Henry Helm to read onlineMoreLess
10
Tokens
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
7 / 10
User Reviews: